The PA Report has confirmation from Microsoft Game Studios that Halo 4 is not coming to the PC, which isn't too surprising considering Halo 3 was never ported to the PC either. What's a little odd is the explanation, as a spokesperson tells them: "Halo 4 was designed specifically for Xbox 360, and while we’re always exploring new ways to expand the franchise and share the Halo experience with as many fans as possible, we do not currently have any plans to port Halo 4 to PC."

The original Halo was an excellent FPS, console or otherwise. I viewed it as an extension of Doom, at least in terms of combat, since it was the only FPS at the time that threw more than a couple enemies at you. Serious Sam was at the Robotron/Smash TV end of the Doom spectrum and Halo was the more tactical variant. Well, at least until the Flood levels. Then it was Smash TV.

The checkpoint-based gameplay reminded me of classic games like R-Type and Ghouls 'n Ghosts, where you had to play the same stretch of screen for hours before you totally mastered it and moved on to the next area. Halo on Legendary was brutal - much harder than any of the sequels.

There are plenty of PC FPSs from that era that deserve far more scorn than Halo.